Planners Cool To 9-home Project

WHEATON — The Wheaton Plan Commission has unanimously voted to recommend that the City Council reject plans for a nine-home, luxury development on Wheaton's southwest side.

Developer James Pink had proposed that the city annex a 4.3-acre parcel at 26 W 301 Wiesbrook Road, where he plans to demolish an existing home and build nine houses.

As in 1995, when it had given a tentative thumbs-down for a plan for seven homes there, the Plan Commission called Pink's project too dense for the site, particularly given the number of estate-size properties in the area.

Pink's plans call for extending Stonebridge Court to serve the subdivision, but also for having three lots front directly on Wiesbrook Road.

His proposal is subject to a public hearing this month and could go to the City Council for a vote in May.